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Bradford City play host to Blackpool at The Bradford & Bingley Stadium on Tuesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 16 wins out of 23 previous matches.
The last time the two teams met at Bradford City was back in September 1995, over five years ago, the Bantams carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a League Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1995/1996 | Sat 16 Dec | Blackpool | 4 - 1 | Bradford City | LGE1 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 30 Sep | Bradford City | 2-1 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 22 Aug | Blackpool | 2 - 3 | Bradford City | LC |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 15 Aug | Bradford City | 2 - 1 | Blackpool | LC |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 29 Apr | Bradford City | 0 - 1 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 15 Oct | Blackpool | 2 - 0 | Bradford City | LGE1 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 05 Mar | Blackpool | 1 - 3 | Bradford City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Bradford City's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The Bantams's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Blackpool's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Seasiders's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Bradford City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 22 points from 13 games. Blackpool are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola League One with a return of just 11 points from their 12 games thus far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bradford City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 |
| Blackpool | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Attention punters! I see this as an opportunity for the Bantams to get the show back on the road by taking all the three points available. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bradford City | 8 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 13 . |
| Blackpool | 3 successive away victories. 5 games since last away draw. 7 games since last defeat. |